17 gallons on 50 taps all dark. The wife is still saying she is sorry for how long I had to cook. It was her idea to go from 20 to 50 taps.
UPDATE!!!!
So now she says I can buy or make a bigger evaporator.How great of a wife is that
17 gallons on 50 taps all dark. The wife is still saying she is sorry for how long I had to cook. It was her idea to go from 20 to 50 taps.
UPDATE!!!!
So now she says I can buy or make a bigger evaporator.How great of a wife is that
Last edited by butch361; 04-06-2011 at 06:01 AM.
2013 133 taps all on gravity and polaris ranger to gather sap
2012 44 taps on gravity 6 taps on droplines
2012 12x24 sugar shack
2012 A 2x6 raised flue Grimm
2011 50 taps
2010 20 taps
a 24 x 48 divided pan on a home made evaporator
one great sister helping and a niece
JD Gator
NH TD29
my dad's woods
And one great wife
One great Fire Chief who gave me the deal on the 2x6 Grimm...
7.5 gallons from 30 taps, sap's still running here.
2010: 3 taps and a Coleman stove
2011: 30 taps, knock on wood! Home built fuel oil tank arch, lotsa buckets, 2 55 gallon drum storage tanks.
2012: ??
No dogs or chickens, but plenty of stray cats, an opossum or two, a couple groundhogs and a hawk.
http://s101.photobucket.com/albums/m...view=slideshow
http://www.youtube.com/user/MiWilderness
Still running and very likely to go past Apr 1 with the forcast the next 10 days. I am down an went Com. last night, but it has a great taste. I might even buy some light and blend to dark amber.
Dave Klish, I recently ordered a 2x6 wood fired evaporator from A&A Sheet Metal which I will be converting to oil fired
Now have solar, 2x6 finish pan, 5 bank 7x7 filter press, large water jacketed bottler, and tankless water heater.
Recently bought another Gingerich RO, this one was a 125, but a second membrane was added thus is a 250, like I had.
After running a 2x3, a 2x6, 3x8 tapping from 79 taps up to 1320 all woodfired, now I'm going to a 2x6 oil fired and a 200-425 taps.
Had a some good and some bad year but can't wait to do it again.
I am a 66 year old retired truck driver and I love working my sugar camp.I do this by myself.This year I had two trailor tank rollovers and three totes laying on there sides when I went to gather sap. I don't know how much sap I lost but 3520 gal. sap made it back to the sugar house and it made 75gal syrup. 46 gal. sap to 1 gal.syrup. One morning I was getting ready to start boilling and I walked by the evaporator and my coat got hooked on the syrup pan draw off valve and cracked it open just a little and when I came in syrup was running toward the door. MAN more work that I did not need at 6:00AM. That will not happen again I put safety latches on my valves. Ups and downs are all part of making maple syrup and I love it so.
Last edited by tyrod2; 03-28-2011 at 04:50 PM.
Waterloo Small 2x6
4x4 KODIAK 450 With 35 gal. sap tank
75 Buckets and 75 taps on Lines
s.s. Bulk Holding Tank
20x16 Sugar House
Ronnie
I got 10 gallons on 140 taps, all red maples. all medium. I fried a couple gallons to charcoal and had to dump about 200 gallons of bad sap while i tried to salvage the scorched pan.
130 taps on buckets
20x32 Sugar shack
27"x6' homemade flatpan and arch
2005 Artic Cat 4x4
several 55 gallon barrels
16"x30" SS Propane Finishing unit
16x16 Leader Canning unit
2 homemade cone filters
and an eye for used equipment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bauersmaplefarm
a little shy of 18 gallon on 50 taps
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